The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 25, 2096
First Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2148
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 51m / -20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.93° / -0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / 0.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.87° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.